Marcqui Akins: A Different Sort of Beauty

Below are some picks from Marcqui Akin's latest beauty story. Startled that a beauty story could be, well, this interesting? We were too, but we love that he keeps reinventing the wheel.

His story below is based on the premise that our heroine (model, Jordan Richardson from Elite) mistrusts her man. Torn apart with suspicion she sulks, lounges and digs through the apartment searching for evidence of deceit, and looking, of course, absolutely fabulous at the same time. Don't believe me? The pictures below don't lie.








Retouching courtesy of Shootdigital. They do amazing work--you can contact there here for your next project!

It's a Man's World (According to photographer, Marcqui Akins)

Marcqui just completed a fantastic story on one of America's biggest icons, Muhammed Ali. Model Wendell Lissimore was cast to do all the heavy lifting while Marcqui worked on training his eye to capture pictures that speak to Ali's era of greatness with a fresh, modern viewpoint. Quite an undertaking, as you can see, particularly during the fight scenes. We know they look realistic, but please don't worry, no models or crew were harmed in the making of this shoot.

You can see the the mulitmedia piece Marcqui put together here to get the full feel of the story: MULTIMEDIA: It's a Man's World.






FUN FACT: Wendell has actually trained as a boxer in the past.





For more of Marcqui Akins work please check out his full portfolio: Marcqui Akins Portfolio.